Weekly tickets can be obtained from the parking kiosk next to John Baker House (Kempston Road entrance). The cost of a weekly ticket is £15.

Britannia Road Car Park

The Britannia Road car park, which is accessed via King’s Place, operates on a ‘pay and display’ system. This requires visitors to park their car, then pre-pay for their parking at the machines located in the car park; you will thenbe given a ticket which you should display in your car.

Kempston Road Car Park

The Kempston Road car park now operates as a pay and display system. The barriers have now been removed to relieve the consistent congestion around this car park.

Accident and Emergency Car park

The A&E car park is accessible via Ampthill Road; however, please be aware that parking spaces in this car park are limited. This is a pay and display car park.

Disabled Parking

Blue badge holders attending the hospital can use any of the car parks free of charge with the exception of the Britannia Road staff and visitor car park.

Park & Ride

The Elstow Park and Ride bus service, which provides free parking and stops directly outside the hospital, operates from 7am until 11pm from Monday to Saturday and from 10am until 5.15pm on a Sunday, with buses running approximately every 15 minutes from Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday.

A daily return fare costs £2.80 for adults, £1.90 for children aged 5-15 with children under five travelling free. Family and weekly tickets are also available. For more information, click here.

Volunteers

Volunteers at Bedford Hospital can apply for a free parking permit from the Voluntary Services department by emailing [email protected], or calling 01234 795801

Reimbursements & Discretions

Parking or travel costs can be reimbursed for those claiming benefits at the hospital’s General Office. Other concessions are available for patients and visitors at the discretion of ward/unit managers.

Bus Services

There are several bus services from the local area that stop at Bedford Hospital, including routes 1 (Kempston), 2 (Elstow Park and Ride), 42 (Flitwick), 53 (Wootton) and 68 (Stewartby). Many buses from other local towns and villages also stop at Bedford Bus Station, from where you can catch the number 1 bus service to the Hospital. A bus information kiosk can be found in the foyer of the Kempston Road entrance, which provides real time bus arrival time information with maps and timetables. A free copy of the Bedford Bus Guide can also be obtained from the Kempston Road reception. For further details of bus services, including timetables, please visit the main operators’ websites at www.stagecoachbus.com or www.grantpalmer.com. There are several other bus operators serving the area. For details of these as well as an additional bus and public transport information, please visit the Bedford Borough Council website at www.bedford.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/public_transport.aspx.

Train Services

Bedford railway station, on the main line from London St. Pancras, through Luton to the East Midlands, is about half a mile from the hospital (a 10-15 minute walk or a short taxi ride away). A smaller unmanned station, Bedford St. Johns, on the Marston Vale line from Bletchley, is about a five-minute walk from the hospital. Please note that there are steps to the main road and no taxi service from this station. For further details of train services, including a journey planner, please visit the National Rail website.

Taxi Services

There are drop off points for taxis near all the main entrances. Public telephones with a Freephone line to a local taxi service are located near the Kempston Road, Cygnet Wing and A&E reception areas for booking your return journey if required.

Travelling by Bicycle

There are covered cycle stores by the Kempston Road entrance and in front of the Cygnet Wing. There are also numerous other cycle locking points around the site. There are cycle paths leading to the hospital from Kempston along Bedford Road and from the south of Bedford along the Ampthill Road.

To families of all our patients, we wanted to give a reminder that sadly, at both Bedford and the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, we are still unable to allow any visitors on site, unless there are exceptional circumstances, for example in maternity or children’s departments, or for those patients who are receiving palliative treatment at the end of their lives, on a case-by-case basis.

At Bedford changes are being made to support services and we would now ask that, from Saturday 6 June 2020, you contact the wards using the direct lines found here.

For the Luton & Dunstable, we are offering a dedicated Next of Kin helpline for family members who want to check up on their loved ones – please nominate one family member to call 01582 718884 between 8am and 6pm.